Federalist Government in Principle and Practice - Rilegato

 
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Federalism has generally been characterized as a system of government that is friendly to liberty. It is not obvious, though, why this should be so. Federalism is a form of government where citizens simultaneously reside in at least two governments, each of which has independent authority to tax and to regulate. By contrast, in a unitary form of government, citizens face only one government with independent authority to tax and regulate. At first glance, it would seem a bit strange to claim that liberty is more secure when citizens are members of two governments with independent authority than when they are members of only one such government. The relationship between federalism and liberty turns out to be a complex one, and one that is capable of working in either direction. Whether federalism supports or erodes liberty depends importantly on the institutional framework within which federalist governance takes place. The essays in this work examine this institutionalist theme from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

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List of Figures and Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Liberty, Markets, and Federalism; T.R. Dye. 2. Competitive Federalism in Institutional Perspective; R.E. Wagner. 3. Taxes, Grants, and Porkbarrel Politics: The Case for Decentralizing the Power to Tax; D.R. Lee. 4. Fiscal Competition in a Federal System; B.L. Benson. 5. Immobile Taxation in a World of Mobility; M. Gaffney. 6. Fiscal Vacations and Federalism in Western Europe: A Search for Sovereignty; K.M. Yanner. 7. Federalism and Commercial Regulation; A.D. Thierer. 8. Redistribution in a Federal System: Lessons from Welfare Reform; J.C. Weicher. 9. Education: The Path from Centralization to Privatization; E.F. Toma. 10. Federalism and Agricultural and Resource Policy; B. Delworth Gardner. 11. Federalism and the Protection of Property; B. Yandle. 12. Legislation and Adjudication in a Federal Republic; D.P. Racheter. Index.

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ISBN 10:  146135532X ISBN 13:  9781461355328
Casa editrice: Springer, 2012
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